Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle
1976-02-09
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
Scorsese's dive into the dark psyche of a man on the edge is as unflinching as it is disturbing. De Niro's portrayal of Travis Bickle is a masterclass in simmering insanity. The film's grit and urban decay resonate with the Berlin of my youth, yet its psychological unraveling transcends time and place. A stark, almost clinical, examination of isolation and violence.
